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PATTI LUPONE
Monday, February 2 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone returns to Carnegie Hall for her sixth solo performance which celebrates the 25th anniversary of her acclaimed theatrical concert Matters of the Heart. With this concert, Ms. LuPone will take the audience on an exploration of the crimes, affairs, and mysteries of the heart, featuring captivating performances of more than two dozen love songs that range from Broadway favorites to songs by contemporary songwriters.
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THE MET ORCHESTRA
Wednesday, February 4 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
The Met Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall in a performance led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. As part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival, Perspectives artist mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard joins the orchestra for Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Bernstein’s “Somewhere” from West Side Story. The program also includes Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony and Bernstein’s Fancy Free Suite.
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THE KNIGHTS
Thursday, February 5 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)
The Knights—led by artistic directors Colin and Eric Jacobsen—push the boundaries of classical music. For this program, Colin Jacobson leads the ensemble in a program bookended by Haydn’s early Symphony No. 8, “Le soir” and Felix Mendelssohn’s sweeping Octet. Between these works, audiences will hear The Knight’s unique take on Arvo Pärt’s In spe, performed as part of Arvo Pärt’s Debs Composer’s Chair celebration this season. The ensemble also presents the New York premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s Ever Yours.
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JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ, Tenor
VINCENZO SCALERA, Piano
Thursday, February 5 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns with pianist Vincenzo Scalera in a much-anticipated program to include selections by Rossini, Donizetti, Gounod, Puccini, and more.
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BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Friday, February 6 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Music Director Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in the orchestra’s first Carnegie Hall performances since 2019. This concert opens with Arvo Pärt’s Summa as the orchestra joins in the worldwide celebration of Pärt at 90 Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist Maxim Vengerov joins the orchestra as soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, which replaces the previously announced Sibelius concerto. The evening’s program concludes with Brahms’s Symphony No. 2.
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ESPERANZA SPALDING
A Well-Being Concert
Saturday, February 7 at 7:00 PM
(Resnick Education Wing)
In her Carnegie Hall Well-Being Concert, five-time Grammy Award winner, Doris Duke Artist, and genre-crossing jazz and chamber-music innovator esperanza spalding explores themes from elder care, play, and food cultivation as participants are invited into a meditation and remembering session about collective wellness practices.
Carnegie Hall’s Well-Being Concerts invite audiences to enjoy world-class musical performances while exploring ideas of mindfulness and self-care.
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BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Saturday, February 7 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Music Director Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Mahler’s grand Symphony No. 3. Recognized worldwide for its powerful Mahler performances, the BFO has “always stood out from the international crowd,” wrote Gramophone of its 2022 Orchestra of the Year. “The sound is distinctive, the music-making personal. And ‘personal,’ as we know, is the only viable way to Mahler’s heart.”
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DOVER QUARTET
Tuesday, February 10 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)
The Dover Quartet performs in Zankel Hall as part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival. The program includes Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American,” (written shortly after his “New World” Symphony) which highlights the enormous impact that Indigenous music and African American spirituals had on the composer while he lived in the US. The work is performed alongside the New York premieres of Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate’s (Abokkoli' Taloowa' (Woodland Songs), and Tate’s arrangement of Rattle Songs by Pura Fé, both co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, plus more.
This performance will be heard by listeners around the world as part of the Carnegie Hall Live broadcast and digital series. Produced by WQXR and Carnegie Hall, and co-hosted by WQXR’s Jeff Spurgeon and WNYC’s John Schaefer, the concert will be broadcast on WQXR 105.9 FM in New York and streamed online at wqxr.org and carnegiehall.org/wqxr.
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ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Thursday, February 12 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Andrew Manze makes his Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage conducting debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, leading Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with soloist Paul Lewis (also making his first Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage appearance), plus two playfully constructed works: Haydn’s Symphony No. 47 in G Major (“Palindrome”) and John Adams’s similarly intricate Fearful Symmetries, commissioned and premiered by OSL under Adams’s baton in 1988.
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DAMIEN SNEED AND THE ORCHESTRA OF TOMORROW
Friday, February 13 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)
Under the direction of Damien Sneed, this concert blends the rich heritage of gospel music with the grandeur of classical symphonies, the rhythms of jazz, and the energy of soul music to create an experience that transcends cultures, faiths, and generations. Featuring the Orchestra of Tomorrow and special guests, Sneed brings his signature blend of technical mastery and heartfelt emotion to the stage. This concert is part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival.
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THE NEW YORK POPS
Friday, February 13 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
The New York Pops, Music Director Steven Reinekeand guest artists Aisha Jackson and Avery Wilson celebrate Valentine’s Day with a soulful celebration of the best of R&B. Featuring hits made famous by Barry White, Al Green, Carole King, Marvin Gaye, Prince, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, and more, the evening showcases timeless love songs and empowering anthems that honor romance, friendship, and the joy of shared connections. This concert is a part of the United in Sound: America at 250 festival.
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ENSEMBLE CONNECT
Tuesday, February 17 at 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)
The brilliant young musicians of Ensemble Connect return as part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound festival with music by extraordinary American composers, including Ives, Joplin, Barber, Valerie Coleman and George Lewis, whose Carnegie Hall-commissioned work, Broke, receives its New York premiere.
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JOYCE DIDONATO, Mezzo Soprano
TIME FOR THREE
Thursday, February 19 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is joined by string trio Time for Three (whose recording of Kevin Puts’s Triple Concerto won multiple Grammy Awards in 2023) for the New York premiere of Puts’s Emily—No Prisoner Be (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall), a song cycle that sets timeless poems by Emily Dickinson. This performance is presented as part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival.
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BRUCE LIU, Piano
Friday, February 20 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Following his acclaimed New York recital debut in 2022 and a return visit to Carnegie Hall in 2025, pianist Bruce Liu presents his third Carnegie Hall recital to include music by Ligeti, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, Mompou, Albéniz, and Liszt.
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STANDARD TIME WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
Wednesday, February 25 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)
Singer-songwriter, entertainer, an American music connoisseur Michael Feinstein returns with the Carnegie Hall Big Band to perform On the Town—a new program celebrating New York’s classic nightclubs and singers.
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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Wednesday, February 25 at 8:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in their first joint appearance at Carnegie Hall presenting two works inspired by epic and heroic tales: Sibelius’s Lemminkäinen and Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben.
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NICHOLAS PHAN
A Well-Being Concert
Thursday, February 26 at 7:00 PM
(The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine)
National Humanities Medal recipient and Peabody Award–winning journalist, author, and radio host Krista Tippett hosts a Well-Being Concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, presented by Carnegie Hall. Grammy Award–winning tenor Nicholas Phan—called “one of the world’s most remarkable singers” by The Boston Globe—performs a program of vocal works by J. S. Bach and Buxtehude. He is joined by Theotokos, a renowned New York City sacred ensemble that describes itself as “the living embodiment of a baroque church ensemble,” and which has collaborated with Davóne Tines, Karim Sulayman, Matthew Aucoin, Jean Rondeau, Thomas Dunford, Myriam Rignol, and William Christie.
Carnegie Hall’s Well-Being Concerts invite audiences to enjoy world-class musical performances while exploring ideas of mindfulness and self-care.
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TIA FULLER, Saxophone
Thursday, February 26 at 7:30 PM
(Zankel Hall)
One of today’s most in-demand saxophonists,Tia Fuller has played in bands led by everyone from Beyoncé to esperanza spalding, Sean Jones, Wycliffe Gordon, T. S. Monk, Jon Faddis, and more. Also an acclaimed composer, she brings her own exciting ensemble to Carnegie Hall for her headlining debut.
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LEONKORO QUARTET
Thursday, February 26 at 7:30 PM
(Weill Recital Hall)
Founded in 2019, Berlin’s Leonkoro Quartet makes its first appearance at Carnegie Hall performing two pillars of the genre: Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A Minor and Schubert’s String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” alongside the first-ever performance at Carnegie Hall of the only string quartet by Henriëtte Bosmans, a defiant and significant 20th-century Dutch composer.
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VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
Friday, February 27 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 28 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 1 at 2:00 PM
(Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
The Vienna Philharmonic return for three concerts led by Andris Nelsons. For their first performance, Mr. Nelsons and the orchestra are joined by Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist Lang Lang for Bartók’s graceful Piano Concerto No. 3, highlighting a gentler, more “classically oriented” side of a composer responsible for some of the 20th century’s most important and demanding piano repertoire. Sounds of nature and echoes of Hungarian folk music carry into the concert’s second half which features Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. This performance will be heard by listeners around the world as part of the Carnegie Hall Live broadcast and digital series. Produced by WQXR and Carnegie Hall, and co-hosted by WQXR’s Jeff Spurgeon and WNYC’s John Schaefer, the concert will be broadcast on WQXR 105.9 FM in New York and streamed online at wqxr.org and carnegiehall.org/wqxr.
The following evening, Maestro Nelsons and orchestra return with the New York premiere of Petite musique solennelle, György Kurtág’s orchestral homage to Boulez, alongside Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, “Linz” and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 6.
The final Vienna Philharmonic program on Sunday, March 1 includes Richard Strauss’s iconic tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra and Sibelius’s majestic Symphony No. 2.
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